“This feels so wrong” – Iron Lung dev on sales spike following Titanic explorers disappearance

David Szymanski, the developer of the game Submarine Horror Iron Lung, has expressed his unease online following a surge in sales. This surge in interest apparently occurred after the disappearance of the OceanGate submersible.

“This Feels So Bad” Szymanski writes on Twitter, along with a graph showing a sharp increase in Steam sales. Szymanski would go on to say, “I definitely see the dark humor in this whole Titanic submarine thing, it’s just… like, I made Iron Lung the most nightmarish thing I could think of, and knowing that real people are in that situation, Right? It’s pretty horrible now, even if it was his own bad decisions.”

At the time of writing, those inside the real-life submersible have roughly just under three hours of oxygen left (expected to run out at 1pm BST / 8am ET), assuming the hull is unsealed. have broken In the replies after his initial tweet Szymanski expressed his intention for Iron Lung it was to make “a scenario involving a submarine that was as terrifying as I could imagine.” He was also asked if this experience would ruin the way he sees Iron Lung as a whole, to which answered that he “wasn’t sure tbh”.

Szymanski’s work wasn’t the only thing that saw a surge in interest following the increasingly urgent search for the OceanGate submersible. cute, one half of indie developer Daemonhouse, has expressed discomfort with a sharp increase in wishlists for its upcoming Oceanic Survival Horror game, Full Fathom. They also shared a Steam comment from a user, asking if the game could be played with a Logitech controller, a reference to the equipment used on the missing real-life submarine. If you take a look at the new Iron Lung reviews on Steam, you’ll see that it’s full of the same variety of jokes.

It’s a weird situation to be in as a developer, though not nearly as dire as the situation currently unfolding with the submersible. While it can be easy to make light of the situation online, actively taking advantage of the increasingly likely deaths of multiple people is sure to leave a sour taste in anyone’s mouth. We hope that the situation will not add any unwanted stress to any of the developers, who are hard at work on their respective projects.

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